Anarchy Reigns delayed... again

[max_cady]

Yes, there's that possibility...

But a lot of SEGA games are released below-the-radar anyway... This could make for a good tax write-off.

[Nathan]

I'm sure most SEGA games started off as "niche" titles at the first release, but they actually marketed some games before 2000. People could like this game, and that it's a different concept is not a good gauge as to how "niche" it is.

[Aki-at]

That's just one of many factors. There are plenty of developers who do not waste their resources who have difficulty profiting.

To be frank a lot of developers ambitions has also hit quite lofty heights this generation too.

Also, has anyone considered the possibility that the game is just really, really bad and Sega is aware of this and trying to release it quietly without any fanfare? I don't want it to be true, but...

As a single player game I guess it is good, it's main meat is multiplayer and even then button mashing can help you win quite easily. Overall I think it's fair to say this might end up being Platinum's worst game.

I'm sure most SEGA games started off as "niche" titles at the first release, but they actually marketed some games before 2000. People could like this game, and that it's a different concept is not a good gauge as to how "niche" it is.

And most SEGA titles also bombed horribly and the company came close to bankruptcy. If you just check hype around the web, even with PG's own fans, there is almost no hype or excitement.

[CrazyT]

Starting a new thread would seem kind of redundant. I own a ps3 but don't have a wireless connection yet sadly so i can't try out the japanese demo.

It'd be cool to read some impressions here so share it with us if you tried it out.

[Barry the Nomad]

Aki seems to hate it ans Sanus seems to really really hate it.

[SOUP]

It's pretty fun so far. It seems a bit like Power Stone, but without the Power Stones, and less stuff to toss around.
I can't read any Japanese at all, so I didn't make it too far into the tutorial. I've mostly just figured out controls by messing around with it. There could be a few things that I'm missing.

[Ben]

You can switch the dialogue and menus to full English.

[Aki-at]

Aki seems to hate it ans Sanus seems to really really hate it.

It is not really hate, all my impressions are from the Eurogamer stuff ages ago. As I said then and I do so now, its the multiplayer community that would make or break this game. Single player would get way too tedious for most people I would imagine.

[Shigs]

I played it at last years E3 and was really unimpressed. However, I gave the Japanese demo a try and now that I have the controls down, I really like it! Action is fast-paced and you do have to strategize your fighting a little or you'll get your butt kicked online. PROTIP - TUTORIAL SHOWS YOU SEVERAL MOVE YOU WILL NOT BE AWARE OF OTHERWISE. So do it.

The single player campaign was a good size for a demo. One "Black Story" match against the Baron and "White story" has a tutorial mission, bonus mission and another fight as well as a sort-of "open world" where you can just kill as many dudes as you'd like.

Multiplayer lets you choose from about 5-6 guys and only has one map, but I love the chaos and how there's so much shit going on outside of just fighting your opponents. Also, I love, love LOVE the end result that give you a ranks not just based on kill/death ratio, but how much damage you did or helped other teammates and such.

All of this with the options to make it in total English. If there's no announcement soon, I'm importing this baby after comic-con.

[MadeManG74]

I'm reading some crazy-good impressions of the demo on other forums. Now I'm actually starting to get a bit hyped after hearing more about it, hope that I can get the demo sooner rather than later. Having capped internet SUCKS, only one more day or so and i'll be able to DL the JP demo.